diff --git a/Sources/ContentView.swift b/Sources/ContentView.swift
index 9393bdf3..e3b8c37c 100644
--- a/Sources/ContentView.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContentView.swift
@@ -6994,7 +6994,12 @@ private struct TabItemView: View {
     private func openPullRequestLink(_ url: URL) {
         updateSelection()
         if openSidebarPullRequestLinksInCmuxBrowser {
-            if tabManager.openBrowser(url: url, insertAtEnd: true) == nil {
+            if tabManager.openBrowser(
+                inWorkspace: tab.id,
+                url: url,
+                preferSplitRight: true,
+                insertAtEnd: true
+            ) == nil {
                 NSWorkspace.shared.open(url)
             }
             return
diff --git a/Sources/TabManager.swift b/Sources/TabManager.swift
index 345c08d1..8efe9677 100644
--- a/Sources/TabManager.swift
+++ b/Sources/TabManager.swift
@@ -1940,19 +1940,70 @@ class TabManager: ObservableObject {
         return tab.browserPanel(for: panelId)
     }
 
+    /// Open a browser in a specific workspace, optionally preferring a split-right layout.
+    @discardableResult
+    func openBrowser(
+        inWorkspace tabId: UUID,
+        url: URL? = nil,
+        preferSplitRight: Bool = false,
+        insertAtEnd: Bool = false
+    ) -> UUID? {
+        guard let workspace = tabs.first(where: { $0.id == tabId }) else { return nil }
+        if selectedTabId != tabId {
+            selectedTabId = tabId
+        }
+
+        if preferSplitRight {
+            let splitSourcePanelId: UUID? = {
+                if let focusedPanelId = workspace.focusedPanelId,
+                   workspace.panels[focusedPanelId] != nil {
+                    return focusedPanelId
+                }
+                if let rememberedPanelId = lastFocusedPanelByTab[tabId],
+                   workspace.panels[rememberedPanelId] != nil {
+                    return rememberedPanelId
+                }
+                if let orderedPanelId = workspace.sidebarOrderedPanelIds().first(where: { workspace.panels[$0] != nil }) {
+                    return orderedPanelId
+                }
+                return workspace.panels.keys.sorted { $0.uuidString < $1.uuidString }.first
+            }()
+
+            if let splitSourcePanelId,
+               let browserPanel = workspace.newBrowserSplit(
+                   from: splitSourcePanelId,
+                   orientation: .horizontal,
+                   url: url,
+                   focus: true
+               ) {
+                rememberFocusedSurface(tabId: tabId, surfaceId: browserPanel.id)
+                return browserPanel.id
+            }
+        }
+
+        guard let paneId = workspace.bonsplitController.focusedPaneId ?? workspace.bonsplitController.allPaneIds.first,
+              let browserPanel = workspace.newBrowserSurface(
+                  inPane: paneId,
+                  url: url,
+                  focus: true,
+                  insertAtEnd: insertAtEnd
+              ) else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        rememberFocusedSurface(tabId: tabId, surfaceId: browserPanel.id)
+        return browserPanel.id
+    }
+
     /// Open a browser in the currently focused pane (as a new surface)
     @discardableResult
     func openBrowser(url: URL? = nil, insertAtEnd: Bool = false) -> UUID? {
-        guard let tabId = selectedTabId,
-              let tab = tabs.first(where: { $0.id == tabId }),
-              let focusedPaneId = tab.bonsplitController.focusedPaneId else { return nil }
-        let panel = tab.newBrowserSurface(
-            inPane: focusedPaneId,
+        guard let tabId = selectedTabId else { return nil }
+        return openBrowser(
+            inWorkspace: tabId,
             url: url,
-            focus: true,
+            preferSplitRight: false,
             insertAtEnd: insertAtEnd
         )
-        return panel?.id
     }
 
     /// Reopen the most recently closed browser panel (Cmd+Shift+T).
diff --git a/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift b/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
index 59bcab74..70a06646 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
@@ -2868,6 +2868,54 @@ final class TabManagerSurfaceCreationTests: XCTestCase {
         )
         XCTAssertEqual(workspace.focusedPanelId, browserPanelId, "Expected opened browser surface to be focused")
     }
+
+    func testOpenBrowserInWorkspaceSplitRightSelectsTargetWorkspaceAndCreatesSplit() {
+        let manager = TabManager()
+        guard let initialWorkspace = manager.selectedWorkspace else {
+            XCTFail("Expected initial selected workspace")
+            return
+        }
+        guard let url = URL(string: "https://example.com/pull/123") else {
+            XCTFail("Expected test URL to be valid")
+            return
+        }
+
+        let targetWorkspace = manager.addWorkspace(select: false)
+        manager.selectWorkspace(initialWorkspace)
+        let initialPaneCount = targetWorkspace.bonsplitController.allPaneIds.count
+        let initialPanelCount = targetWorkspace.panels.count
+
+        guard let browserPanelId = manager.openBrowser(
+            inWorkspace: targetWorkspace.id,
+            url: url,
+            preferSplitRight: true,
+            insertAtEnd: true
+        ) else {
+            XCTFail("Expected browser panel to be created in target workspace")
+            return
+        }
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(manager.selectedTabId, targetWorkspace.id, "Expected target workspace to become selected")
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            targetWorkspace.bonsplitController.allPaneIds.count,
+            initialPaneCount + 1,
+            "Expected split-right browser open to create a new pane"
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            targetWorkspace.panels.count,
+            initialPanelCount + 1,
+            "Expected browser panel count to increase by one"
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            targetWorkspace.focusedPanelId,
+            browserPanelId,
+            "Expected created browser panel to be focused in target workspace"
+        )
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            targetWorkspace.panels[browserPanelId] is BrowserPanel,
+            "Expected created panel to be a browser panel"
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 @MainActor